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scott21 wrote:paulbagzFC wrote:Holy shit that is terrible :lol:
-PB It wasn't hard to pick up that it didn't sound like someone in his position (de B) would say. Not sure that PG media and management think very highly of their fans intellect. Exactly. Like the Head of the A-League would ever say something like that :lol: Gorman for sure, but De Bohun has just a smidge more tact. -PB
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I'm interested already to see what happens during the state cups/FFA qualification. The number of teams entering the tournaments would increase one would think. The intensity of the matches will increase (now that players have seen what qualification grants) Hopefully more people get down to watch the final qualification round. Hopefully Griffith District is allowed to compete in Sydney (NSW) NPL winners Metro and NT will get a spot, who will lose spots? And should SA be granted another spot? The NPL spot cannot be counted as an SA spot. Will South qualify? Or Marconi? Or will Fury beat Heat? Will Knights enter?
This tournament won't take long to be huge.... And this ones not even over yet.
It will be interesting to see if they dump the seedings or rigged draw.
I give it 7 out of 10 Gallops this time around
1 Gallop deductions for rigged draw, lights debacle and rigged final.
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Heineken
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I'm already excited for the qualification rounds. I do believe Northern Territory are going to be included in this round. Northern Territory football is split into 3 Zones - or conferences, if you will - Northern Zone (Darwin, etc), Central Zone, (Katherine, etc) and Southern Zone (Everywhere south of that). Quote:NorZone What is the Northern Zone ? The Northern Zone (NorZone) is centred in Darwin, including the surrounding rural areas. All competitions are managed by the Football Federation Northern Territory. All enquires regarding the NorZone and competitions should be directed to the FFNT Competition Manager. Competition information can be found on Sporting Pulse. Where are the fields ? The main venues for the football in NorZone include the following: Darwin Football Stadium (Larrakia Park) Bagot Oval Malak Oval Gray Oval Gardens Park Fred's Pass The football competition in Darwin is a traditional 'winter' season. In the Top End it is referred to as the 'dry season'. Northern Zone (NorZone) Boundaries Darwin and the rural zone form the major parts of this Zone. Boundaries include: Melville and Bathurst Islands in the north Chambers Bay in the north South following the Adelaide River to the Adelaide River township in the south, and West following La Bell station boundary to Anson Bay Central Central Zone Boundaries Katherine, Nhulunbuy (Gove) and Booroloola form the major parts of this Zone. Boundaries include: Arnhem Land coast in the north South to the 19 degree South Parallel Western Australia border Queensland border [quote]FICA FICA Football in Central Australia FICA inc. was incorporated on 1st July 2008. Previously known as Southern Zone of the FFNT, the FICA organisation is responsible for the management and development of football throughout Central Australia. Remaining under the umbrella of the peak body, FICA employs it's own full time development officer funded through sponsorshipagreements and player registrations. FICA is made up of an Executive Board, comprising 8 persons who constitute part of the committee of the association. This is know as 'The Board". The committee includes persons from the registered clubs. The FICA logo embodies 'the Spirit of Football' - designed by Amoonguna artistRosalie Riley. The FICA branding has allowed us to develop our own programs and secure long term partnerships with local sponsors. Ross Park is the home of football in Alice Springs. Juniors play every Saturday from 12 noon. Senior men play every Sunday with the first game kicking off at 11:30am. The Women competition gets going at 11:15am every Sunday and the under 16 boys start at 10am every Sunday. If you would like to know more about football in Central Australia: www.fica.org.au admin@fica.org.audevelopment@fica.org.auPO Box 8573 Alice Springs NT 0871 Just found this gem of a video, and it looks like outside of Darwin, there is virtually no structure. No 'football league' as such. Looks like maybe once a year all the teams in the Central division get together and play in this tournament thing. Understandable given the remoteness of outback NT, and the distances, and logistical difficultly faced in organizing even an 'amateur' competition. [youtube]a1GIzlVqV_M[/youtube]. Even the Northern Zone looks pretty basic. All the games seem to be played at the one ground, and the standard of play makes South Springvale look like a full-time professional outfit. [youtube]iigP6ZFa8hM[/youtube] Not entirely sure how they're going to go about qualifying for the FFA Cup, perhaps the FICA and Central Zones will have one of these round-robin tournement things like they had in the video above in Katherine. The winner of that then goes on to play the winner of the Northern Zone, and the winner of that goes through to the FFA Cup? :-k Either way, the FFA aren't going to like some of the names in the Northern Territory. :lol: - Uni Azzuri - Hellenic FC - Darwin Olympic :lol:
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Quote:Hopefully Griffith District is allowed to compete in Sydney (NSW) I would imagine teams in Griffith, in fact any team in NSW would have to apply for the Waratah Cup. I'm pretty sure the Waratah Cup is open to any team in NSW (except those in FFNNSW - they've their own cup competition they apply for). You'd have to be willing to travel though. I daresay an amateur team in Griffith, would be placed in the very first rounds of the Waratah Cup, and might be drawn against somebody like - Sans Souci FC, or a park football team from Sydney. They'd have to drive all the way out to Sydney, and then all the way back to Griffith, mid-week. Would that be possible? Can confirm that the winner of the 2014 NPL - MetroStars - are the first qualified team from the member states through to the 2015 FFA Cup. :)
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aussie scott21
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http://www.areanews.com.au/story/2106979/ffa-cup-a-no-go-for-griffith-riverina-clubs/But honestly is it so difficult to organise "Griffith Cup" where the winner enters the Waratah Cup 1/4 or r16?
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Heineken
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scott21 wrote:http://www.areanews.com.au/story/2106979/ffa-cup-a-no-go-for-griffith-riverina-clubs/
But honestly is it so difficult to organise "Griffith Cup" where the winner enters the Waratah Cup 1/4 or r16? That article was for the qualification of this years Cup. I imagine the same procedure applies for the upcoming qualification process, but I agree with you. I can't see how all the regional centers can't have their own qualification tournament (like what I imagine will happen in the NT) and the winners all then enter at some point, or then all play off in another separate tournament for the Waratah Cup. All the states should have conference playoffs for entry into their respective cup competitions.
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Heineken wrote:scott21 wrote:http://www.areanews.com.au/story/2106979/ffa-cup-a-no-go-for-griffith-riverina-clubs/
But honestly is it so difficult to organise "Griffith Cup" where the winner enters the Waratah Cup 1/4 or r16? That article was for the qualification of this years Cup. I imagine the same procedure applies for the upcoming qualification process, but I agree with you. I can't see how all the regional centers can't have their own qualification tournament (like what I imagine will happen in the NT) and the winners all then enter at some point, or then all play off in another separate tournament for the Waratah Cup. All the states should have conference playoffs for entry into their respective cup competitions. Its very strange for the NSW (Sydney) people to do this. SU58 and Hakoah lost and Parramatta lost twice...... then were dumped by St. Albans first round. I don't know how good Griffith teams are, but surely a team could have qualified directly from a regional playoff.... or at least been given a shot vs Parramatta. Take a look at Qld qualification its quite simple. 4 teams 2 from Brisbane 1 Wide Bay, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, SW Qld 1 FNQld, NQld, Mackay, Central Qld This model is fairish. Considering you have Heat, Fury, Fire, Thunder and Sharks in the NPL. So it can work. NNSW is a shamble. Im no expert and dont know the geography but why are there 2 southern groups? If its an inner Newcastle and regional fine. Its hard to tell because 2 teams from the same southern group (NPL) qualified. They sent 2 teams from each of the southern groups up to Coffs Harbour against 4 teams from the north and then the winners played 2 games in 2 days. Why not just have 2 teams from the north vs 2 teams from the south. The last 2 teams in the south groups play each other, but not from their own group (So eg. Broadmeadow dont knock out South Cardiff). In a way its rigged.... but at least teams arent playing 2 days in a row. Edited by scott21: 21/11/2014 04:01:34 AM
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Just as long as all the results are detailed into Wikipedia :cool:
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Heineken wrote:Quote:Hopefully Griffith District is allowed to compete in Sydney (NSW) I would imagine teams in Griffith, in fact any team in NSW would have to apply for the Waratah Cup. I'm pretty sure the Waratah Cup is open to any team in NSW (except those in FFNNSW - they've their own cup competition they apply for). You'd have to be willing to travel though. I daresay an amateur team in Griffith, would be placed in the very first rounds of the Waratah Cup, and might be drawn against somebody like - Sans Souci FC, or a park football team from Sydney. They'd have to drive all the way out to Sydney, and then all the way back to Griffith, mid-week. Would that be possible? Can confirm that the winner of the 2014 NPL - MetroStars - are the first qualified team from the member states through to the 2015 FFA Cup. :) So SA will have 2 spots?
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paulbagzFC
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aufc_ole wrote:Heineken wrote:Quote:Hopefully Griffith District is allowed to compete in Sydney (NSW) I would imagine teams in Griffith, in fact any team in NSW would have to apply for the Waratah Cup. I'm pretty sure the Waratah Cup is open to any team in NSW (except those in FFNNSW - they've their own cup competition they apply for). You'd have to be willing to travel though. I daresay an amateur team in Griffith, would be placed in the very first rounds of the Waratah Cup, and might be drawn against somebody like - Sans Souci FC, or a park football team from Sydney. They'd have to drive all the way out to Sydney, and then all the way back to Griffith, mid-week. Would that be possible? Can confirm that the winner of the 2014 NPL - MetroStars - are the first qualified team from the member states through to the 2015 FFA Cup. :) So SA will have 2 spots? I believe so. The way I interpreted it to work is that the extra spot given to NPL Champions was taken off elsewhere. -PB
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paulbagzFC wrote:
The way I interpreted it to work is that the extra spot given to NPL Champions was taken off elsewhere.
-PB
My guess for 2015 is either NSW loses 2 spots (for the NPL Champions & NT Champions) or NSW loses 1 spot and the other is lost by either QLD or VIC After a few years (say 2017 or 2018) the number of NPL spots should start to be decided by a quotient of some sort based on previous years results, and hopefully in ten years time the cup expands to 64 teams If the 32 teams is retained then at some point the NT, TAS, ACT and 2nd*NNSW team might end up needing to playoff against each other into the Round of 32 if as a worst case scenario they are losing first up year after year against the other states
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Chances are SA will have more spots next year as it seems the FFSA have come to an agreement with the amateur league which will probably double the numbers from last year.
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Heineken wrote:scott21 wrote:http://www.areanews.com.au/story/2106979/ffa-cup-a-no-go-for-griffith-riverina-clubs/
But honestly is it so difficult to organise "Griffith Cup" where the winner enters the Waratah Cup 1/4 or r16? That article was for the qualification of this years Cup. I imagine the same procedure applies for the upcoming qualification process, but I agree with you. I can't see how all the regional centers can't have their own qualification tournament (like what I imagine will happen in the NT) and the winners all then enter at some point, or then all play off in another separate tournament for the Waratah Cup. All the states should have conference playoffs for entry into their respective cup competitions. A Griffith state league has come into the 2nd division I believe as of next season, they will have to compete in Waratah cup as all state league clubs must enter.
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Juve_Leo wrote:Heineken wrote:scott21 wrote:http://www.areanews.com.au/story/2106979/ffa-cup-a-no-go-for-griffith-riverina-clubs/
But honestly is it so difficult to organise "Griffith Cup" where the winner enters the Waratah Cup 1/4 or r16? That article was for the qualification of this years Cup. I imagine the same procedure applies for the upcoming qualification process, but I agree with you. I can't see how all the regional centers can't have their own qualification tournament (like what I imagine will happen in the NT) and the winners all then enter at some point, or then all play off in another separate tournament for the Waratah Cup. All the states should have conference playoffs for entry into their respective cup competitions. A Griffith state league has come into the 2nd division I believe as of next season, they will have to compete in Waratah cup as all state league clubs must enter. You mean a team from there that existed previously.... Or a team that will represent to area.
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Capac wrote:Chances are SA will have more spots next year as it seems the FFSA have come to an agreement with the amateur league which will probably double the numbers from last year. That's fantastic news. Do you have link for this information?
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Glh37 wrote:paulbagzFC wrote:
The way I interpreted it to work is that the extra spot given to NPL Champions was taken off elsewhere.
-PB
My guess for 2015 is either NSW loses 2 spots (for the NPL Champions & NT Champions) or NSW loses 1 spot and the other is lost by either QLD or VIC After a few years (say 2017 or 2018) the number of NPL spots should start to be decided by a quotient of some sort based on previous years results, and hopefully in ten years time the cup expands to 64 teams If the 32 teams is retained then at some point the NT, TAS, ACT and 2nd*NNSW team might end up needing to playoff against each other into the Round of 32 if as a worst case scenario they are losing first up year after year against the other states I think NSW will lose one spot, and Northern NSW 1 spot. I wouldn't be surprised in the future if they made Northern NSW play off against a Waratah Cup team for a spot. I was surprised they got 2 spots this year.
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Juve_Leo wrote:Heineken wrote:scott21 wrote:http://www.areanews.com.au/story/2106979/ffa-cup-a-no-go-for-griffith-riverina-clubs/
But honestly is it so difficult to organise "Griffith Cup" where the winner enters the Waratah Cup 1/4 or r16? That article was for the qualification of this years Cup. I imagine the same procedure applies for the upcoming qualification process, but I agree with you. I can't see how all the regional centers can't have their own qualification tournament (like what I imagine will happen in the NT) and the winners all then enter at some point, or then all play off in another separate tournament for the Waratah Cup. All the states should have conference playoffs for entry into their respective cup competitions. A Griffith state league has come into the 2nd division I believe as of next season, they will have to compete in Waratah cup as all state league clubs must enter. Can't see a Griffith team for next years Declaration of leagues. :-k http://www.footballnsw.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Resources_and_Documents/Circulars_and_Memos/1413_-_CIRCULAR_2015_NPL_1_and_2_Mens_Senior.pdfEdited by Heineken: 22/11/2014 04:12:58 PM
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Capac wrote:Chances are SA will have more spots next year as it seems the FFSA have come to an agreement with the amateur league which will probably double the numbers from last year. Huh what. First I've heard. Sauce?
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Top 10 goals of the 2014 FFA Cuphttps://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=782556195144638
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Quote:LIGHTS UP AT PERRY PARK The PlayStation 4 National Premier Leagues 2014 season is over but that does not mean the Brisbane Strikers' home ground, Perry Park, has gone into a kind of hibernation. Quite the reverse, in fact. As reported earlier this year, the traditional home of Queensland football is set for a makeover in preparation for its use as an AFC Asian Cup training venue and under the agreement struck between Brisbane Strikers and Brisbane Roar to share the use of the ground going forward. Office refurbishments have been underway for some time inside the Bill Waddell Stand. But outside, the first visible signs of progress with the playing arena are now also taking shape with the removal of the old floodlights and installation of smaller but more intense and power-efficient new ones that will make the ground suitable for hosting Westfield FFA Cup fixtures next year and beyond. 
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Why??? Why play the Final midweek!
The FFA Cup has been a great success yet the showpiece match is tucked away on a Tuesday just prior to Christmas.
Should be New Years Day imo.
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quichefc wrote:Why??? Why play the Final midweek!
The FFA Cup has been a great success yet the showpiece match is tucked away on a Tuesday just prior to Christmas.
Should be New Years Day imo. Being played where it is due to the Asian Cup. Will be Australia Day from then on. -PB
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paulbagzFC wrote:quichefc wrote:Why??? Why play the Final midweek!
The FFA Cup has been a great success yet the showpiece match is tucked away on a Tuesday just prior to Christmas.
Should be New Years Day imo. Being played where it is due to the Asian Cup. Will be Australia Day from then on. -PB Wonder how a state team would go having to keep their players fit all the way to Jan
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aufc_ole wrote:paulbagzFC wrote:quichefc wrote:Why??? Why play the Final midweek!
The FFA Cup has been a great success yet the showpiece match is tucked away on a Tuesday just prior to Christmas.
Should be New Years Day imo. Being played where it is due to the Asian Cup. Will be Australia Day from then on. -PB Wonder how a state team would go having to keep their players fit all the way to Jan If they shake up the draw then the odds of a State League team making it that far would be very slim however under the current system yes it would be fairly hard. -PB
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I can't wait for Tuesday night, not particularly bothered who wins but I hope the match is a decent spectacle and a few goals get scored.
Cirio, Keogh and Marinkovic all tied with Matt Sim on 5 goals as well for this season's top scorer.
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paulbagzFC wrote:aufc_ole wrote:paulbagzFC wrote:quichefc wrote:Why??? Why play the Final midweek!
The FFA Cup has been a great success yet the showpiece match is tucked away on a Tuesday just prior to Christmas.
Should be New Years Day imo. Being played where it is due to the Asian Cup. Will be Australia Day from then on. -PB Wonder how a state team would go having to keep their players fit all the way to Jan If they shake up the draw then the odds of a State League team making it that far would be very slim however under the current system yes it would be fairly hard. -PB State League teams would be well and truly back in pre-season by Australia day. I suspect they could have a month or 2 break with matchdays to allow State League teams to have their break. This would coincide with early in the HAL season which might not be a bad thing either. I did hear the the final will again be held in December though.
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Huge moment for football. Keen for a Super Cup.
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